# jeanlucmakiola.de — personal website

Status: **discussion / not started** · Started 2026-06-28

## Goal
A simple personal website (with room to grow into a blog), self-hosted on
Coolify, privacy-respecting analytics, solid SEO, and an AI-driven authoring
flow (content written as files by an agent, reviewed via git diff, auto-deployed
on push).

## Hard requirements
- Self-hosted deploy on **Coolify** (own infra)
- Privacy-respecting **analytics** (Umami preferred)
- **SEO**: sitemap, RSS, canonical URLs, Open Graph, fast/static
- **AI-driven flow**: agent can author/edit content via CLI/files (and/or API)
- Keep it simple; nothing crazy. Blog is a likely-but-later addition.

## Recommended stack (proposed)
| Concern        | Choice                                   | Why |
|----------------|------------------------------------------|-----|
| Framework      | **Astro** (static output)                | Content-first, zero-JS default, content collections, great SEO |
| Content        | **Markdown/MDX in git** (`src/content/`) | AI writes files; git is the API; no lock-in |
| Analytics      | **Umami**, self-hosted on Coolify        | Privacy-respecting, cookieless, one `<script>` tag |
| SEO            | `@astrojs/sitemap` + `@astrojs/rss` + OG | Mostly batteries-included |
| Deploy         | Coolify static site (Docker/Nixpacks → `dist/`, served by Caddy/nginx) | Auto-deploy on git push |
| Design         | TBD — align with Floret/M3 leanings later | per design-workflow rule, consult ui-ux-pro-max before building UI |

## AI authoring loop
1. Agent writes/edits `src/content/blog/<slug>.md` (frontmatter: title, date, description, tags)
2. User reviews `git diff`
3. Commit + push → Coolify rebuilds → live

## Decisions (locked 2026-06-28)
- [x] Framework: **Astro** (static)
- [x] Content authoring: **Markdown-in-git**
- [x] Analytics: **Umami**, self-hosted on Coolify
- [ ] Domain confirmed: jeanlucmakiola.de
- [ ] Scope of v1: homepage only, or homepage + blog from the start

## Build plan (v1)
1. [x] Scaffold Astro project (hand-rolled, Astro 7, strict TS)
2. [x] Base layout + SEO head (title/description/canonical/OG), global styles (neutral)
3. [x] Homepage (intro + latest posts)
4. [x] Blog: content collection + index page + post template + tag pages
5. [x] `@astrojs/sitemap` + RSS feed + robots.txt
6. [x] Umami script in base layout (env-gated so it's off in dev)
7. [x] Dockerfile (build → static, served by Caddy) + Caddyfile
8. [x] **Visual design pass** — M3 Expressive, brand-faithful (see below)
9. [ ] Add `og-default.png` (1200×630) to `public/`
10. [x] Umami already running on Coolify (service `umami.jeanlucmakiola.de`)
11. [x] Deployed site on Coolify (Dockerfile build); `PUBLIC_UMAMI_SRC` set
12. [x] DNS + HTTPS live — https://jeanlucmakiola.de serves 200

## Deployment (live 2026-06-28)
- **Live:** https://jeanlucmakiola.de (Coolify, server `localhost`, project **Websites**/production)
- Repo: gitea.jeanlucmakiola.de/makiolaj/jeanlucmakiola.de (branch `main`, public)
- Coolify app uuid: `q144cv08qb5gakw7fez37ys7`; build-pack dockerfile, port 80
- Build: **`npm install`** (not `npm ci`) on **node:22-slim** — Astro 7's wasm32
  optional deps (`@emnapi/*`) break `npm ci`'s strict lock-sync across npm versions.
- Analytics: **ON** — `PUBLIC_UMAMI_SRC` + `PUBLIC_UMAMI_WEBSITE`
  (`625eb309-1d8d-4c79-9048-66862d2045ce`) set as build-time vars.
- Healthcheck: enabled (GET `/` → 200); app reports `running:healthy`.
- OG image: `public/og-default.png` (1200×630, brand) generated from assets.

## Design system (M3 Expressive)
- Tokens in `src/styles/tokens.css` as `--md-sys-*` CSS custom properties
  (color roles, type scale, shape, elevation, motion, 8dp spacing); light + dark.
- **Brand = red + monochrome.** `#FF4242` is an ACCENT only (logo dot, name
  period, eyebrow tick, active-nav underline, one filled button, card arrows,
  links). Surfaces are NEUTRAL gray — earlier red-tinted/red-bar version was
  rejected as "too red heavy".
- The pine-silhouette asset is grayscale (not green) — confirmed; no green hue.
  tertiary role is a warm neutral, not a color.
- Fonts: **Inter** + **JetBrains Mono**, self-hosted via Fontsource (no Google CDN).
- Homepage is a clean portfolio: hero → About → Selected work cards → Latest writing rows.
- Favicon = the rounded red "JM." mark; header is a typographic `JLM.` logotype.
- **Projects** are a content collection (`src/content/projects/*.md`, schema in
  `content.config.ts`): frontmatter (name, order, status, released, platform,
  summary, links{gitea,fdroid,donate,translate}) + Markdown body. Single source
  of truth for both the homepage cards and `/work`.
- `/work` index lists all apps; `/work/<slug>` is a per-app page with its own
  link set (F-Droid/Gitea/Donate/Translate, shown only when present) + overview.
  Currently: Calendula (released), Agendula (in dev), floret-kit (design system).

## Verified
- `npm install` + `npm run build` succeed; 4 pages + RSS + sitemap generated.
- Astro 7.0.3, 0 npm audit vulnerabilities (2026-06-28).
- Screenshotted home/blog/post desktop + mobile (DARK mode). Light mode not yet
  visually verified — headless couldn't force the scheme — but tokens are standard M3.

## Notes
- Coolify supports git-push auto-deploy; Umami has an official Docker image deployable as its own Coolify service.